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Minor earthquake: M3.04 quake has struck near Puerto Real in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on June 14, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0756S, -67.4893WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017164008. Unique identifier: pr2017164008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4893 West, latitude 18.0756 North, depth = 62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/17 / 2017-06-13 18:36:31 / June 13, 2017 @ 6:36 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:36:31 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Quebradillas, Lares (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.4893° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0756° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-13 18:36:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-14 01:57:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 142 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.309 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 258 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2017164008 Id of event.
Event Code 2017164008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017164008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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